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Company & Industry

Planet Labs to become publicly traded in merger

Planet Labs merger with dMY Technology Group and public listing will value the company at around US$2.8 billion.

Remote Sensing

CSIRO opens NovaSAR-1 tasking to researchers

Australian researchers can now apply to direct the synthetic aperture radar satellite’s advanced imaging program.

3D & BIM

Peruvian copper-silver mine to be LiDAR scanned

Hannan Metals has begun a 2,782 line-km survey over 64,500 hectares of the San Martin copper-silver project.

Company & Industry

RMIT space hub director appointed

Aerospace veteran Professor Brian Falzon has been appointed the first Director of RMIT’s new Space Industry Hub.

Events

FOSS4G 2022 to be held in Italy

Next year’s Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial conference will take place in August in Florence, Italy.

GPS & Navigation

More precise positioning for LEO satellites

Fugro’s SpaceStar GNSS PPP system is being used in orbit for the first time, aboard the YAM-2 satellite.

GIS & Data

Euclideon announces huge 3D geospatial platform

The 3D data geospatial data platform will host more than 100 petabytes of data on Microsoft’s Azure cloud.

Sponsored Content

How do AEC Firms in Australia easily access engineering workforce at a lower cost?

Aidedo was founded based on the practical experience of CEO Aiden Tong while studying and working with many Civil Engineering and Land Surveying firms in developed countries.

Space

Gilmour Space attracts $61m in extra funding

The boost was led by a US venture capital firm and includes investment from Australian superannuation funds.

Fyfe dominates at inaugural NT EISSI Awards

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Events

Survey and Spatial New Zealand Conference 2026

BIM World COPENHAGEN 2026

Women Surveyors Summit

Colloquium on Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of GNSS

IPWEA International Asset Management Summit

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